Posted at 05/19/2010 12:24 PM | Updated as of 05/19/2010 12:24 PM
MANILA, Philippines - A Catholic priest on Wednesday urged senior and former government officials surrounding Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III to allow the leading presidential candidate to have a good start by appointing new faces in his Cabinet.
"Ang talagang gustong tumulong sa kanya ay sa kanila na magsimula ang move. Tanggihan nila at mag-recommend sila na sa tingin nila ay makakatulong. It's more, on my part, trying to make Noynoy have a good start," Father Joe Dizon, convenor of election watchdog Kontra Daya, told ABS-CBN's Umagang Kay Ganda.
(For those who really want to help and who don't want Noynoy, it must come from them. They should refuse if Noynoy offers them Cabinet posts and instead recommend other competent people who can help. It's more, on my part, trying to make Noynoy have a good start.)
Dizon echoed Sen. Francis "Chiz" Escudero's call to former government officials, who helped Aquino in his campaign, to turn down offers of Cabinet posts.
The priest said Aquino should realize that there are other people who are as competent and as credible as former government officials to help him carry out his reform agenda.
He said Aquino should start with a “clean slate” with people at least aged 35 to 50, and avoid appointing “recycled” officials.
Among the groups that helped in Aquino’s campaign is the Black and White Movement, whose members are former Cabinet appointees of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Corazon “Dinky” Soliman, Arroyo’s former secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, confirmed to ABS-CBN’s Umagang Kay Ganda that she has been offered and has agreed to return to the same post if Aquino wins the presidency.
Soliman said that aside from former Cabinet officials of the Arroyo administration, other senior government officials from the administrations of former President Corazon Aquino and Fidel Ramos, helped Aquino's presidential campaign.
She said the “selection committee” continues to search for competent people who can help Aquino if he is elected to Malacañang.
She added the committee is particularly searching for people who have good and honest track records.
"Ang talagang gustong tumulong sa kanya ay sa kanila na magsimula ang move. Tanggihan nila at mag-recommend sila na sa tingin nila ay makakatulong. It's more, on my part, trying to make Noynoy have a good start," Father Joe Dizon, convenor of election watchdog Kontra Daya, told ABS-CBN's Umagang Kay Ganda.
(For those who really want to help and who don't want Noynoy, it must come from them. They should refuse if Noynoy offers them Cabinet posts and instead recommend other competent people who can help. It's more, on my part, trying to make Noynoy have a good start.)
Dizon echoed Sen. Francis "Chiz" Escudero's call to former government officials, who helped Aquino in his campaign, to turn down offers of Cabinet posts.
The priest said Aquino should realize that there are other people who are as competent and as credible as former government officials to help him carry out his reform agenda.
He said Aquino should start with a “clean slate” with people at least aged 35 to 50, and avoid appointing “recycled” officials.
Among the groups that helped in Aquino’s campaign is the Black and White Movement, whose members are former Cabinet appointees of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Corazon “Dinky” Soliman, Arroyo’s former secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, confirmed to ABS-CBN’s Umagang Kay Ganda that she has been offered and has agreed to return to the same post if Aquino wins the presidency.
Soliman said that aside from former Cabinet officials of the Arroyo administration, other senior government officials from the administrations of former President Corazon Aquino and Fidel Ramos, helped Aquino's presidential campaign.
She said the “selection committee” continues to search for competent people who can help Aquino if he is elected to Malacañang.
She added the committee is particularly searching for people who have good and honest track records.
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